DieAchtung:JohnBigBootay: MorePeasPlease: Nobody cared about the body when it was ramping up to 800 lbs. while it was alive...

Now it's not unreasonable to assume someone in that poor health did not have a lot of people who cared for him, but that's all it is is an assumption because there's simply nothing about it in the article. I have a grotesquely obese family member. He makes horrible decisions and pisses me off frequently but I do care for him.

and if his fat ass doesn't fit in the crematory what would you have them do to get him cremated? 800lbs; it should have been common knowledge among all parties that it wouldn't be a standard cremation.

octopied:according to the article it's permissable but he was supposed to get the family's permission first. I don't know any way that could be tactfully broached, and frankly as it was a corpse about to be incinerated, i fail to see the problem.

How does anyone even know it happened? Did the dumb funeral director tell the family afterwards?

mr intrepid:All kidding aside, oversize crematoria might represent a business opportunity. Remains could be brought there and a premium charged,

Not worth the ACLU lawsuits. Remember, we're all EQUAL!! Can't charge lardo extra for the same service without taking some flak.

eddiesocket:How does anyone even know it happened? Did the dumb funeral director tell the family afterwards?

Would you want to tell the family? WTF does it matter anyway?

Oven Master: "Uh... your precious family member will require some modification to property cook his ass."Family Member: "What? How dare you say such a thing in our time of loss!! I'm calling my lawyer!!"

PallMall:Would you want to tell the family? WTF does it matter anyway?

Oven Master: "Uh... your precious family member will require some modification to property properly cook his ass."Family Member: "What? How dare you say such a thing in our time of loss!! I'm calling my lawyer!!"

FTFM, but if his ass comes by the acre, maybe that would have worked too.

I thought most crematoriums fired off six meatbags at a time and charged extra for those wanting private cremation. Anyhow that's what I head from dude who claimed to have cremated a certain suicidal rock god many moons ago as part of a six-pack.

JackieRabbit:I don't have a problem with this. What the hell difference does it make. Dead is dead. And I don't think calling the family up and saying "Your _______ is too fat to fit into my crematorium. Would you mind if I chopped him/her up into pieces to get the job done?"

you know the weird cosmic coincidence about this article and myself. I happen to be reading moby dick for the first time, and I'm at the part where melville is provided a detailed description of the try-works (which are the vats where the cook the whale blubber down to oil).

it goes into great depth about how disgusting the process can become. and, well, it just sounds a lot like the process necessary for this fattie.

eddiesocket:octopied: according to the article it's permissable but he was supposed to get the family's permission first. I don't know any way that could be tactfully broached, and frankly as it was a corpse about to be incinerated, i fail to see the problem.

How does anyone even know it happened? Did the dumb funeral director tell the family afterwards?

Probably one of the morgue assistants spoke out after they noticed the massively huge corpse was missing pieces that were previously there.

octopied:eddiesocket: octopied: according to the article it's permissable but he was supposed to get the family's permission first. I don't know any way that could be tactfully broached, and frankly as it was a corpse about to be incinerated, i fail to see the problem.

How does anyone even know it happened? Did the dumb funeral director tell the family afterwards?

Probably one of the morgue assistants spoke out after they noticed the massively huge corpse was missing pieces that were previously there.